Stories of Queer Enchantment
Attuning to Life’s Vibrancy in Service of Joyous Presents and Co-Flourishing Futures
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https://doi.org/10.14288/acme.v24i1.2437Parole chiave:
queer geographies, enchantment, pleasure activism, decolonial research, queer studiesAbstract
Questo articolo esplora l’incanto queer come un percorso prezioso verso una maggiore intimità con i mondi umani e più che umani di vitalità così minacciati in questo momento. Il panorama della ricerca contemporanea sull’incanto, sebbene ricco e vasto, manca di una teorizzazione queer e di un intreccio con l’esperienza vissuta queer. Mentre l’attivismo del piacere richiede di concentrarsi sul piacere di coloro che sono più emarginati nelle nostre società, alcune ricerche contemporanee perpetuano modalità di pensiero binarie coloniali dannose lungo linee cis-eteropatriarcali, che servono a escludere e riprodurre organizzazioni gerarchiche dei mondi. Attraverso una metodologia di partecipazione alla ricerca decoloniale, questo processo collaborativo centra le storie di dodici partecipanti che si identificano come queer nel Regno Unito e in Irlanda, cercando di radicare l'esplorazione teorica in mondi empirici realmente vissuti. Centratura di una serie di voci, questo articolo cerca di affrontare definizioni esclusive e co-creare formulazioni che amplificano il potenziale più significativo dell'incanto queer: nella sua fondamentale moltitudine di differenze, nella sua pratica di umiltà e fluidità nell'ignoto e nella rottura di norme distruttive, al servizio della coltivazione di nuovi modi di vivere insieme in tempi di molteplici crisi che si intersecano.
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